Tax & Legal Update
Amendment to Income Tax Act for 2021 - new taxation of bonds and monetary…
The Ministry of Finance has submitted for external comments an amendment concerning income tax. From 2021, the amendment should change the taxation of bonds, reduce the administrative burden associated with the reporting of tax-exempt income paid to…
GFD on VAT rates from May 2020
VAT rates applicable to selected products and services will change in connection with an amendment to the Act on the Electronic Reporting of Sales. Most changes, such as the inclusion of water and sewer services or hairdresser’s and barber’s…
OPEIC: Last wave of calls includes large entities
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) has published an updated schedule of calls to participate in the Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness Operational Programme (OPEIC) for 2020. These will be the last calls within the current…
COVID-19 and transfer pricing
While liberation packages may mitigate the immediate effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on businesses’ financial performance, sooner or later, enterprises that are part of multinational chains (MNEs) will have to deal with the crisis’ consequences for…
Assessment of creditworthiness and its examination by courts according to CJEU
According to the judgement of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), Czech laws imposing the obligation to invoke the nullity of a credit agreement on the grounds of an insufficient assessment of creditworthiness solely on the consumer are…
Applications accepted for guaranteed loans under COVID II programme
Applications for COVID II guaranteed loans are being accepted since Thursday, 2 April 2020. More detailed information on how to apply for this aid has also been published.
Loan guarantees for large enterprises – COVID plus guarantee programme
In cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Export Guarantee and Insurance Corporation (EGAP), the Ministry of Finance is preparing a programme to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on large export firms and…
Lex COVID – special measures concerning legal persons
The declaration of emergency, closures of borders and related measures can make it impossible for some business corporations to hold meetings of their bodies, unless such situations have been envisaged in their memorandum of association. However,…
Lex COVID – crisis measures in insolvency law
The government has approved a draft bill introducing, among other things, special measures to mitigate the insolvency law-related effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The objective of these measures is to avert the risks of mass insolvencies and to…
Submission of applications under the Antivirus Programme
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MLSA) updated its Antivirus Programme manual for employers. It describes in more detail the criteria for the entitlement of employers to aid through compensation of some wage expenses to employers.
Compensation bonus for the self-employed and notice on exempted income
The government has approved a bill on a compensation bonus payable to self-employed people in connection with emergency coronavirus measures. The bill has yet to be enacted by the Parliament and signed by the President. This, however, can be…
Updated Antivirus Programme
The government approved changes to the Antivirus Programme on 31 March 2020. The originally proposed and published five types of support for employers from the Labour Office were eventually merged into two – regimes A and B.